Bag holding and filling device.



J. B. SIMMONS & I'. W. BOYER.

BAG HOLDING AND FILLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 1913.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914 and aufwand/n o To all whom it may concern:

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE. i

JAMES IB. SIMMONS AND FRAN'IKJW. 0]? WADSWOBTH, OHIO.

BAG HOLDING AND FILLING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. application med July as, 191s. Seng No.781,705.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Be it-known that we, JAMES B. SIMMONS and FRANK W. BOYER, citizens ofthe United States residing at Wadsworth, in thefcounty of Medina andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvement-s in BagHeldin and Filling Devices; and we do declare t e following to be afull, clear, and exact description oi@` the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to improvements in bag holding and fillingdevices.

Une object ofthe invention is to rovide a device of this character bymeans o which a bag may be supported and held open to.

permit the same to be readily filled by one person without danger oftearing the bag when the latter is constructed of paper.

Another object is to provide a bag holder by the use of which a bag maybe compactly filled and the contents be measured as the same are placedin the bag.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction andgthe combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of our`improved bag holder. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof with the parts in aninoperative position as when inserted in a bag'and before any of thecontents have been placed therein. Fig. 3 is a central verticalsectional view of the device engaged with a bag and showing the parts inan inoperative position or before any of the contents have been placedin the bag. Fig. 4 is a similar, view showing the parts expanded forsupporting the sides of the bag and holding the latter open to receivethe contents placed therein. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view takenon the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Our improved bag holding and filling device comprises two similarlyconstructed sections 1 and 2 each ofwhich has a substantiallysemi-cylindrical shaped lower portion 3 which may be of any suitablesize and length and which are adapted to be inserted into the bag to befilled, said bag engaging portions 3 preferably corresponding to thelength of the bag and which preferably have a combined circumferencesubstantially the same as the circumference of the bag.

Qn the upper ends of the bag engaging portlons 3 ,are4 outwardly flaredextensions 4 which ltogether form a funnel shaped mouth of suflicientsize to readily receive the material which is shoveled or otherwiseplaced in operative engagement with a bag, wedge shape dischargeopenings will be fcrmed at the opposite side of the device to permit thecontents placed therein to fill into th co-rners of the bag aswill bereadily understood. The sections 1 and 2 of the device are ccnnected andheld-in operative engagement by a ring or band 6 which is also formedinto semi-circular sections, the ends of which are hingedly connected topermit the outer portions of the ring to swing upwardly and downwardlyor inwardly and outwardly when the sections of the device are brought tooperative and inoperative positions. The sections 1 and 2 of the holdingand filling device are secured to the semi-circular sections of the ring6, preferably by angle iron bars or corner braces 5 by means of which astrong rigid connection is formed between these parts.

In order to. limit the upward swinging movement of the ring sections 6and to provide a stop which will hold the sections 1 and 2 in operativeposition when open in a bag we provide a pair of stop lugs 6 one ofwhich is secured to one end of each section of the ring 6 whereby whensaid sections of the ring are swung outwardly and upwardly to ahorizontal position said lugs will be brought into engagement thusstopping a further upward movement of the ring sections and a furtherexpansion or opening movement of the lower bag engaging portions 3 ofthe device. By thus limiting or stopping the opening movement of the bagengaging ends of the device,` the said ends are prevented from beingexpanded so far as to tear or burst the bag with which -they areengaged.

If desired we may provide one or both sect-ions of the device with agraduated scale of measurement, said Ascale preferably being placed onthe inner surface of the sections and beginning near the lower end ofthe sections and extending upwardly Ato any desired distance so that byobserving the scale the quantity of material placed in the bag and theholding and illing device will be readily indicated and the amount ofthe material thus readily determined.

In the operation of the device the upper flared or funnel shaped ends ofthe sections l and 2 are spread apart or expanded thus bringing thelower bag engaging members thereof into a closed and overlapped positionas is clearly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3 0f the drawings. Withthe partsin this position the device is inserted into a bag after which the firstshovel or scoop full of material thrown into the funnel shaped upper endof the device will force the lower bag engaging members apart and intolirm engagement with the inner sides of the bag thus expanding thelatter and holding the same in an expanded or operative position forsupporting the bag and holding the sides thereof open while the contentsare being placed therein.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings,

,the construction and operation or" the invention-will be readilyunderstood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacriicing any of the advantages of the claimed invention.

Having thus described the invention what we claim is:

l. ln a bag holding and filling device, a plurality of sections, each ofwhich comprises a bag engaging member and a iared mouth forming member,one of said sections having its edges overlapping the edges of the othersection, a ring consisting of hinged section, one of which is secured toeach of the sections of the device, whereby said sections are hingedlyconnected to permit the lower portions thereof to be brought togetherfor insertion into a bag and to be expanded for engagement with thesides of the bag, whereby the latter are supported and held in openposition.

2. A bag holding and lling device comprising a plurality of sectionseach of which consists of a bag engaging portion and a mouth portion,said bag engaging portions having their edges inclined inwardly fromtheir upper toward their lower ends to form discharge openings when thedevice is in operative position, a supporting ring formed of hingedlyconnected sections, one of which is secured to eachof the sections ofthe device whereby the latter are hingedly connected to permit the bagengaging-portions to be contracted or brought together for insertioninto a bag and expanded into engagement with the sides of the bag tosupport and hold the latter in an open position.

3.` A bag holding and filling device comprising a plurality of hingedlyconnected sections each of which consists of the bag engagingandexpanding portion, and a flared mouth forming portion, the side edges ofsaid sections being inclined downwardly and inwardly from the upperedges of the mouth portions to the lower edges of t-he bag engagingportions when in collapsed condition, and means whereby said sectionsofthe device are hingedly connected at the junction of the mouth and bagengaging portions.

4. A bag holding and illing device comprising two longitudinallyseparable sections the4 upper ends of which areiiared, al device forpivotally connecting said sections at the junction of the iiared upperends with the bag engaging portions thereof comprising semicircularmembers hingedly connected at their ends and having laterally extendingstops at said ends for limiting the opening movement of said sections.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAMES B. SIMMONS. FRANK W. BOYER.

Witnesses W. F. WAY, T. B. YODER.

